Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Inventory of Data Sources

Banque de Données Commune (BDC) (Community Database, Québec)

Contact
Gaetane Cloutier
Chef de service 'Evolution et fonctionnement des systemes d'information'
(Head, Development and Functioning of Information Systems Service)
Direction de la comptabilité et de la gestion de l'information
Commission de la Santé et Securité au Travail (CSST)
524 Bourdages St., local 260
Québec, QC
G1K 7E2
Tel : (418) 266-4747 Ext. 5582
E-mail: gaetane.cloutier@csst.qc.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Vice-presidence Finances, Direction de la statistique et de l'information de gestion, Service de l'evolution et du fonctionnement des systemes d'information, CSST

Purpose of Database
To house strategic and tactical information for statistical, actuarial, and accounting purposes; as well as client profiles and managerial information.

Content
Provincial occupational health data consisting of client profiles and managerial information. The information records in the database are related to accident events, and pertain to all injuries and illnesses that meet the criteria dictated by provincial legislation (listed under Additional Comments, below). Personal data: individual's name, address, and all other nominal data types.

The occupational health content and data types are based on the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification (OIIC) system. There are approximately 515,618,185 records in the database.

Year Database Established
1996

Coverage Period
1983 to 2001

Data Updates
Twice a week

Data Provider
Commission de la Santé et Securité au Travail (CSST) . The original data sources are the operational systems of CSST, such as reparation (repairs), prevention/inspection, and finance.

Data Availability
Access is restricted to internal staff such as statisticians, actuarial employees, accounting employees, and managers; also specific companies.

Reports
Annual reports, statistical reports, management information reports, actuarial reports, accounting reports, client profiles.

Additional Comments
The information in the database pertains to all injuries and illnesses that meet the criteria dictated by provincial laws governing occupational accidents and diseases, and occupational health ands safety.

Keywords for searches: CSST, LATMP, accidents du travail, maladies professionnelles, santé et securité au travail, prevention, readaptation, indemnisation.

Documentation on the database is available.